It becomes more and more important for educators to learn to criticize and take advantage of artificial intelligence tools for teaching, because the tools are delivered with all kinds of advantages and potential disadvantages.
“If students want to learn (artificial intelligence), then teachers must learn,” Daniela Ganelin, a doctoral student from the University of Stanford focused on education data sciences who co-wrote a AI educators guidesaid Education week earlier this year.
The problem is that almost half of educators (45%) said they are uncomfortable with AI technology they have met or expecting to meet during the next year in their class, according to an Edweek Research Center survey with 1,301 district chiefs, directors and teachers conducted from June 20 to July 14. Thirty-six percent said they were comfortable with technology.
To put more comfortable educators with AIThey need time to use technology as teachers and as learners, time to try different approaches with students and opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and talk about what works and what does not work, according to experts.
In the Edweek Research Center survey conducted during the summer, educators were invited to know what types of professional development subjects or AI development approaches would be useful to them or the teachers they supervise. Here is what they said:
